Solar Technology Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011 to 2017

July 2011 | 1092 pages | ID: SCFEDCAA259EN
WinterGreen Research

Abstracts

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Solar Panel and System Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2011-2017. The 2011 study has 1,075 pages, 334 tables and figures. Solar energy units re evolving more sophisticated technology that works. The worldwide demand for energy is steadily increasing. Demand for energy is doubling every 15 years. The major effort is to sustain growth in the electricity supply without causing irreversible harm to the environment. Solar energy has rapidly grown as a clean, renewable alternative to limited fossil fuels. Recognition of the need to reduce reliance on coal and fossil fuels is driving interest in solar energy.

Growth of solar markets will depend on continued investment in energy infrastructure by governments. When you think about it, there is no better investment government can make than in achieving development of low cost, reliable solar energy. This availability of low cost energy is what makes an economy hum. Some governments are sure to recognize these issues and make the investment, others will not.

The worldwide demand for energy is steadily increasing. Demand for energy is doubling every 15 years. The major effort is to sustain growth in the electricity supply without causing irreversible harm to the environment. Solar energy has rapidly grown as a clean, renewable alternative to limited fossil fuels. Recognition of the need to reduce reliance on coal and fossil fuels is driving interest in solar energy.

The need to reduce reliance on coal and fossil fuels is intuitive. The science agrees -- climate change is a reality. Government priorities are changing. The military robots have brought a dramatic shift in the nature of combat, lowering the cost of military engagement. Many combat situations are engagements against bad guys, not nation against nation.

There is no better place for a country to invest than in providing tax credits for solar energy. Assuming that the political framework is reliable, that companies and customers have the planning security they need, and that the demand situation stabilizes once again, solar market growth will accelerate. Solar energy makes electric vehicles possible. The auto industry drives the economy. As people buy electric vehicles, they will keep their existing vehicles and drive them less. They will plug the vehicles into parking meters on a street or at work, and recharge the electric vehicle at home from a bank of batteries located beside the home.

Change is a single constant in the solar industry. Changes in customer requirements result in new and more demanding technologies, product specifications and sizes, and manufacturing processes.

The ability to remain competitive depends upon the ability to develop technologically advanced products and processes. What better investment in infrastructure on the part of a government than solar power? Cheap energy promises to provide water, cheap manufacturing, electric vehicles, all sorts of things more useful than a war that the government might alternatively spend its money on.

There are three main areas of solar technology: crystalline types are suitable for colder temperatures at high latitudes, thin film types and concentrating solar technology. The largest market for photovoltaics is for large scale utility systems connected to the electrical grid.

There are 150 solar manufacturers with measurable market shares in some region. Solar markets are significant with 16,469 solar panel manufacturers. This is by far the largest number of viable, functioning companies in any market segment. This many companies participating in the market mean there is enormous, ongoing investment in new technologies. The competitive situation bodes well for market growth, with solar energy complimented by wind and stationary fuel cells poised to become virtually the only systems that deliver energy for the world.

Global production of photovoltaic cells and modules in 2009 was 9.2 GW gigawatts. In 2010, a tremendous growth of solar PV cell shipments increased the solar PV cell market shipments to 16.6GW. The top ten manufacturers accounted for 67% of this total.

Solar energy is headed toward becoming the only viable energy source, complimented by wind and some fossil fuels and the nuclear industry in China. Solar energy, now at less than 1% of world electrical generation, will quickly go to 92% of what is used as a source to generate electricity. The speed of adoption of solar energy and the penetrations will rival or exceed the speed of adoption and penetrations of cell phones. The same factors are in play, relatively low cost local units, battery power mobility supported, and availability to everyone at an affordable price.

As electric vehicles come on-stream for use in short distance travel, they complement the internal combustion vehicles used to move longer distances. The use of electricity will extend support of travel of short distances by electric vehicles, vastly increasing the quantity of electricity generated. Electricity for vehicles will be distributed in two ways, through parking meter type posts in garages and on streets, and from hardened boxes in a yard or parking facility that contain many thin film batteries with high energy density. Vehicle fuel from solar energy is what provides the quickest payback for solar panels.

Markets at $32.1 billion in 2010 are set to grow to $338.2 billion by 2017, reaching $ 1 trillion sometime in the middle of 2021.

Growth is patchy by region, with investment ebbing and waning regionally, but cumulatively showing a rapid pace of adoption of solar energy as technologies continue to evolve to exceed grid parity by a goodly margin. The combination of attractive technology and government subsidies will create a thriving solar energy business.

The holy grail for the solar industry has been grid parity. Grid parity has been reached in every part of the world if solar systems are looked at over the 25 year useful life of the systems. Solar power has achieved recognized grid parity in some areas and is approaching recognized grid parity in other areas. According to Susan Eustis, the principal author of the study, 'The concentrated solar power adventure is like the old railroads, those who get there first with all the will be the winners. Large fortunes are to be made in concentrated solar power CSP'. Solar energy provides energy for lighting and power, for data centers, for electric vehicles, for transportation, and to desalinate water, making much more of the earth's land mass usable.

WinterGreen Research is an independent research organization funded by the sale of market research studies all over the world and by the implementation of ROI models that are used to calculate the total cost of ownership of equipment, services, and software. The company has 35 distributors worldwide, including Global Information Info Shop, Market Research.com, Research and Markets, Bloomberg, and Thompson Financial.

Contents

POWER ASSIST WHEELCHAIRS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Assist Devices
Market Driving Forces
Manual Propulsion Assist
Manual Propulsion Assist Benefits
Manual Propulsion Assist Research and Development
Loads and Unloads From The Car
Power Assist Wheelchair Market Shares
Power Assist Wheelchair Market Forecasts

1. POWER ASSIST WHEELCHAIRS MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS

1.1 Power Assist Wheels
1.2 Power Assisted Wheelchairs Middle Ground
1.3 Power Assist Wheels Add An Electric Motor to a Manual Wheel Chair
1.4 Home Medical Equipment Industry
1.5 Health Care Cost Containment Trends
1.6 Power Assist Wheelchair Wheels

2. POWER ASSIST WHEELCHAIRS MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS

2.1 Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Assist Devices
2.2 Market Driving Forces
  2.1.1 Manual Propulsion Assist
  2.1.2 Manual Propulsion Assist Benefits
  2.1.3 Manual Propulsion Assist Research and Development
  2.1.4 Loads and Unloads From The Car
2.2 Power Assist Wheelchair Market Shares
  2.2.1 Invacare/Alber
  2.2.2 Invcare Power Assist Wheelchair Wheels
  2.2.3 Invacare Albers More freedom in daily life.
  2.2.4 Sunrise Medical Quickie Xtender
  2.2.5 MagicWheels
  2.2.6 Yamaha - JWII Powered Wheels
  2.2.7 DAKA 2.2.8 Da Vinci
  2.2.9 The Scooter Store
2.3 Power Assist Wheelchair Market Forecasts
  2.3.1 Market Growth Factors
  2.3.2 Batteries An Issue For Companies Offering Wheelchair Power Assist Devices
2.4 Number of People in Wheelchairs
  2.4.1 Wheelchair Reimbursement
  2.4.2 Manual Wheelchair Market Forecasts
  2.4.3 CMS Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
2.5 Assisted Wheelchair Device Prices
2.6 Power Assist Wheelchair Regional Markets
  2.6.1 Invacare United States/Europe Market
  2.6.2 Invacare North America
  2.6.3 Invacare Asia/Pacific
  2.6.4 Invacare Europe

3. POWER ASSIST WHEELCHAIRS PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Invacare Alber
  3.1.1 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive/Wheelchair Motor
  3.1.2 Alber – e-Motion
  3.1.3 Alber – Scalamobil
  3.1.4 Alber - Scalamobil Anti-Tippers:
  3.1.5 Abler Tilt bars:
  3.1.6 Difference Between Alber – Scalamobil Mobile Stairclimbers And Lifts
  3.1.7 Alber – Viamobil
3.2 Frank Mobility
  3.2.1 Frank Mobility - Scalamobil
  3.2.2 Frank Mobility – ADVENTURE
  3.2.3 Frank Mobility – The Duet
  3.2.4 Frank Mobility –e-fix
  3.2.5 Invacare Alber Quix add-on tiller Powerdrive
3.3 Magic Wheels
  3.3.1 Manual Wheelchair Power Assist With No Batteries or Motors
  3.3.2 MAGICWHEELS Hill Holding Feature
  3.3.3 MagicWheels Wheelchair Gears
  3.3.4 MagicWheels Changes Wheelchair Mobility
  3.3.5 MagicWheels Power Assist with Gears
3.4 1-800-Wheelchair.com
  3.4.1 -800-Wheelchair Offers A Power Assisted Stand-Up Manual Wheelchair
3.5 Sunrise Medical Quickie Xtender
3.6 Swiss Trac
  3.6.1 SWISS TRAC Loads and Unloads From The Car
3.7 Golden Motor Technology Co Ltd
3.8 DAKA 3.9 Ergostep
3.10 Pure Global/Nudrive
  3.10.1 Pure Global NuDrive Drive Units
3.11 Da Vinci Mobility
3.12 Tzora Active Systems
  3.12.1 Samson Power Drive - PD-6 3.13 SuperQuad Wijit
3.14 Yamaha - JWII Powered Wheels

4. POWER ASSIST WHEELCHAIRS TECHNOLOGY

4.1 Power Propulsion Assist Wheels Have Motors
4.2 Gear Manual Wheel Assist
4.3 Power Assist Wheelchairs Regulations
4.4 Power Assist Wheelchairs Battery Technology Trends
4.5 Technology That Changes Mobility
4.6 Yamaha Cutting Edge Technology

5. POWER ASSIST WHEELCHAIRS COMPANY PROFILES

5.1 Central Mobility
5.2 CJPS Medical Systems
  5.2.1 CJPS Medical Systems license agreement with Independence Technology, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company,
  5.2.2 CJPS Medical Systems License Agreement With Independence Technology Significant Clinical Studies
  5.2.3 Independence Technology
5.3 DAKA 5.3.1 DAKA Focus
5.4 Da Vinci Mobility
5.5 Frank Mobility
5.6 Independent Living
5.7 Invacare/Alber
  5.7.1 Control Concept for Alber
  5.7.2 Invacare/Alber ErgoDrive Concept
  5.7.3 Invacare/Alber scalacombi S36
  5.7.4 Invacare Revenue
  5.7.5 Invacare North America/Home Medical Equipment (HME)
  5.7.6 Invacare Supply Group (ISG)
  5.7.7 Invacare Institutional Products Group (IPG)
  5.7.8 Invacare Europe
  5.7.9 Invacare Asia/Pacific
  5.7.10 Invacare Corporation Revenue/Net Sales
  5.7.11 Invacare Business Segments –
  5.7.12 Invacare Alber Viamobil Eco
5.8 Golden Motors
5.9 Magic Wheels
  5.9.1 MagicWheels 2-Gear Wheels Fit Wheelchairs
  5.9.2 MagicWheels 2-Gear Wheels
5.10 Nordigo
5.11 Nudrive
5.12 Sunrise Medical
  5.12.1 Sunrise Medical Customer Focus
  5.12.2 Sunrise Moves Away From Titanium And Continues To Focus On Wheelchair Design vs. Material
5.13 The Scooter Store
5.14 Tzora Active Systems
5.15 SuperQuad Wijit
5.16 Yamaha Motor
5.17 1-800-Wheelchair.com

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Table ES-1 Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Assist Devices Market Driving Forces
Table ES-2 Types and Uses of Wheelchair Propulsion Assist Devices
Figure ES-3 Power Assist Wheelchair Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010
Figure ES-4 Wheelchair Power Assist Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017
Table 1-1 Wheelchair Power Assist Accessories and Components
Table 1-2 Power Assisted Hybrid Wheelchairs Middle Ground Benefits
Table 1-3 Power Assisted Wheelchairs Key Features
Table 1-4 Power assist wheelchairs benefits Studies
Table 1-5 Home Medical Equipment Technological Advances Impact
Table 2-1 Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Assist Devices Market Driving Forces
Table 2-2 Types and Uses of Wheelchair Propulsion Assist Devices
Figure 2-3 Power Assist Wheelchair Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010
Table 2-4 Power Assist Wheelchair Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2010
Figure 2-5 Invcare Power Assist Wheelchair Wheels
Figure 2-6 Invacare Albers Folded for Transport
Figure 2-7 Invacare Albers Folded for Transport
Figure 2-8 Invacare Albers e-Fix Components
Figure 2-9 MagicWheels Power Assist Wheelchair Wheels
Figure 2-10 Yamaha Motors - JWII Powered Wheels
Figure 2-11 Daka wheelchair drive unit
Figure 2-12 Da Vinci PDQ Power Trike Extra
Figure 2-13 Wheelchair Power Assist Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017
Table 2-14 Power Assist Wheelchair Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011-2017
Table 2-15 US Population Over
Table 2-16 CMS Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Criteria for Reimbursement
Figure 2-17 Wheelchair Power Assist Regional Market Segments, 2010
Table 2-18 Wheelchair Power Assist Regional Market Segments, 2010
Table 3-1 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Functions
Figure 3-2 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Retrofitting
Table 3-3 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Functions
Table 3-4 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Swivel Arm Functions
Table 3-5 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Bracket For Control Unit As Attendant Control:
Table 3-6 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Conversion From Screw To Stub Axles:
Table 3-7 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Protection Bow For Control Unit:
Table 3-8 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Extended Hand Rest:
Table 3-9 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Tray table:
Table 3-10 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Joystick Options:
Table 3-11 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Battery, 12 Ah:
Table 3-12 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Increased Capacity Battery Pack, 17 Ah
Table 3-13 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Intuitive Attendant Control
Table 3-14 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Battery box:
Table 3-15 Alber - E-Fix Add-On Drive Spoke Covers and Opti-Box
Table 3-16 Alber - E-Motion
Figure 3-17 Alber - E-Motion Power-Assisted Wheel
Table 3-18 Alber – e-Motion Accessories:
Figure 3-19 Alber - Scalamobil
Figure 3-20 Alber – Scalamobil Functions
Figure 3-21 Alber – Scalamobil Components
Figure 3-22 Alber – Scalamobil Bracket:
Figure 3-23 Alber – Scalamobil Headrest:
Table 3-24 Alber – Scalamobil Headrest Functions
Figure 3-25 Alber -Special Bracket For Pediatric Wheelchairs:
Figure 3-26 Alber Scalamobil Stub axles
Table 3-27 Mobile Stair Cimber versus Fixed Stair Lift Functions:
Figure 3-28 Alber - Viamobil
Figure 3-29 Alber – Viamobil Pack Attachment
Figure 3-30 Alber – Viamobil Bracket:
Figure 3-31 Alber – Viamobil Eco Large Bar Handle
Figure 3-32 Alber – Viamobil Eco Large Bar Handle Component
Figure 3-33 MAGICWHEELS
Table 3-34 Power Assisted Stand-Up Manual Wheelchair Benefits
Figure 3-35 Karman Manual Wheelchair with Power Stand-Up Features
Figure 3-36 Sunrise Medical Quickie Xtender
Table 3-37 Sunrise Medical Product Highlights
Figure 3-38 Sunrise Medical Quickie Xtender Motor
Figure 3-39 SWISS TRAC Traction Device For Wheelchairs
Table 3-40 SWISS TRAC - Swiss Quality Product Features
Table 3-41 Golden Motor Technology Co Ltd Pancake Motor Advantages
Table 3-42 Golden Motor Technology Co Ltd Pancake Motor Features:
Table 3-43 Golden Motor Technology Co Ltd Pancake Motor Benefits
Table 3-44 NuDrive Benefits
Table 3-45 Pure Global NuDrive Drive Units Technical Specification
Table 3-46 Pure Global NuDrive Drive Units
Table 3-47 Pure Global Wheel Camber Description
Figure 3-48 Da Vinci Trail Rider
Table 3-49 SuperQuad Wijit Design Features
Table 3-50 SuperQuad Wijit Benefits
Figure 3-51 Yamaha - JWII Powered Wheels
Figure 4-1 New Battery Technology
Table 5-1 DaVinci Mobility Products And Service -
Table 5-2 Invacare/Alber viamobil eco Product Positioning
Table 5-3 Alber Viamobil eco Features
Figure 5-4 Alber e-Fix
Figure 5-5 Invacare Alber Product Set
Figure 5-6 Nordigo Braking System
Figure 6 Selected Wheelchair Companies and Models Using Alber Motor Assist Adapters